Modeling Activity


Rhetorical Terms and Techniques of Persuasion

Fill in examples from Kennedy’s Inaugural Address


Alliteration:
repetition of the same sound beginning several words in a sequence
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Anaphora:
repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases,
clauses or lines.
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Anastrophe:
transposition of normal word order
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Antithesis:
contrast of ideas or words in a parallel structure
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Assonance:
repetition of vowel sounds in non-rhyming words
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Consonance:
repetition of consonant sounds within words or ending words
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Metaphor:
implied comparison through a figurative, not literal, use of words
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